gp wrote:
> Finally it would have been better if rpm -q --whatprovides libpq.so.2
> can do a search if it is not yet installed because I realize that I
> did a rpm -qpl package-name | more and look at the RPMs one by one to
> really see where libpq.so.2 is found. It was only after installation
> that rpm -q --whatprovides works and told me who provides it.
This is why I wrote Gerald to get the whole list of files and save it
permanently so one can just grep it when you're looking for a particular
file.
eg. rpm -qpl /mnt/cdrom/*.rpm >> list.txt
On the other hand, you might want to try using urpmi . Instead of you
trying to specify which dependencies to install, it will try to look
include all the needed files and install them. I'm using Mandrake. I
don't know if Red Hat has this one.
----- 8< --- [man urpmi] -----
urpmi authorizes well-known rpms (or rpm files) to be
installed including all their dependencies. You can use
it to install source package dependencies too as root, or
source package itself as simple user.
You can compare rpm vs. urpmi with insmod vs. modprobe
or dpkg vs apt-get
Just launch urpmi followed by what you think is the name
of the package(s), and urpmi will:
- Propose different package names if availables and quit.
- If only one corresponding package is found, check
whether dependencies are already installed, or not.
- If not, propose to install the dependencies and then
install all required dependencies and the package.
Note that urpmi handle installations from various medias
(ftp, http, local and nfs volumes, removable medias such
as CDROMs) and is able to install dependencies from a
media different from the package's media. If necessary,
urpmi asks you to insert the required media.
----- 8< -----
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God bless.
William
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